2024 World Kidney Cancer Day
World Kidney Cancer Day 2024 will take place on Thursday 20th June.
This year the theme is ‘listening’.
Being listened to: Highlighting the benefits of shared decision making.
If you don’t feel listened to: Helping patients feel empowered to seek a second opinion.
Choosing who you listen to: Creating awareness around misinformation and how to check if sources are reliable.
Details of resources and events will be available nearer the time, but be sure to save the date and find out how your organisation can get involved by contacting wkcd@ikcc.org
2023 World Kidney Cancer Day
On 15th June 2023 patients, friends, carers, health professionals, researchers, IKCC affiliate organisations and local kidney cancer organisations around the world came together to mark World Kidney Cancer Day 2023. The campaign focussed on the importance of survivorship with the theme, We need to talk about living with kidney cancer.
Central to the campaign was a virtual Patient and Carer Global Symposium held on 15 June which focussed on the importance of good nutrition, managing the side effects of treatments, the value of support from groups, family and friends, and much more.
Please click here for the detailed 2023 campaign report. Thank you to everyone around the globe who supported our 2023 World Kidney Cancer Day campaign. We especially thank our affiliates, sponsors and partners for giving kidney cancer a global voice. To learn more about our recent campaign visit www.worldkidneycancerday.org
2022 World Kidney Cancer Day
On 16th June 2022 IKCC affiliate organisations, patients, health care professionals and supporters from around the world came together to mark World Kidney Cancer Day 2022 with the “We need to talk about treatment options” campaign.
The campaign focussed on shared decision-making, because many kidney cancer patients are not aware of the full range of treatment options available to them – access to clinical trials included. The objective of WKCD 2022 was to promote more and better conversations between kidney cancer patients and their clinicians about treatment options.
The central campaign asset included a landmark global ‘Talking Treatments’ webinar, where clinicians, patients and caregivers discussed the opportunities and challenges of making every treatment decision a shared decision.
The campaign was a tremendous success, click here for the full campaign report.
Thank you to everyone around the globe who supported our World Kidney Cancer Day campaign. We especially thank our affiliates, sponsors and partners for giving kidney cancer a global voice. To learn more about our recent campaign visit www.worldkidneycancerday.org
2021 World Kidney Cancer Day
On 17th June 2021 patients, local kidney cancer organisations and health care professionals from around the world came together to raise awareness of how important it is ‘to talk about how we’re feeling’. The central campaign asset this year was the opportunity for kidney cancer patients to create a Personalised Psychosocial Wellbeing Report (PPWR). The report was not intended to be a clinical diagnosis, it was designed to help normalise psychosocial issues among kidney cancer patients, raise awareness of the issue and start conversations. The campaign was a tremendous success, click here for the full campaign report: World Kidney Cancer Day 2021 Report
Thank you to everyone around the globe who supported our World Kidney Cancer Day campaign. We especially thank our affiliates, sponsors and partners for giving kidney cancer a global voice.
To learn more about our recent campaign visit www.worldkidneycancerday.org
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2020 World Kidney Cancer Day
On 18th June 2020 IKCC affiliate organisations, patients, health care professionals and supporters from around the world came together to mark World Kidney Cancer Day 2020 with the “We need to talk about physical activity” campaign.
The campaign focussed on raising awareness of how small amounts of gentle physical activity can help prevent kidney cancer as highlighted by the work of Dr Linda Trinh in the ‘Get active and sit less’ guide. For the full 2020 World Kidney Cancer Day campaign report please click here: World Kidney Cancer Day 2020 Report
Thank you to everyone who supported our fourth World Kidney Cancer Day campaign.
2019 World Kidney Cancer Day
On 20 June 2019, patients, friends, carers, health professionals, researchers and local kidney cancer organisations around the world celebrated the third World Kidney Cancer Day. The 2019 theme, ‘We need to talk’, highlighted the urgent need for more awareness and action on kidney cancer around the globe.
Central to World Kidney Cancer Day 2019 was the launch of a landmark Global Patient Survey, which interviewed almost 2,000 patients and carers from 43 countries and uncovered some surprising and alarming data. The launch of the survey, the first of its kind, will start many conversations at many levels and be a turning point in global kidney cancer care.
The 2019 World Kidney Cancer Day campaign included online and offline advertising, video content from 25 of the world’s leading kidney cancer experts, plus a True of False online quiz.
For the campaign report please click here: Download World Kidney Cancer Day campaign report 2019
Thank you to everyone who took part in 2019. With your commitment to awareness raising, supporting patient advocacy and research, we will continue our combined efforts to reduce the global burden of kidney cancer!
2018 World Kidney Cancer Q&A Day Campaign
The second World Kidney Cancer Q&A Day was a great success. On 21 June 2018 people all around the world were asking questions and looking for answers to help raise global awareness of kidney cancer.
World Kidney Cancer Day provides the opportunity for patients, carers, their friends and supporters, health care professionals and local kidney cancer organisations, to come together to raise awareness and start to answer those questions that will make a difference to stemming the growth of this cancer. Our aim is to rapidly grow global awareness of Kidney Cancer and encourage people to share what they know about this disease.
We are building momentum worldwide, in our first two years we have achieved:
- 650,000 social media impressions
- Over 20,000 people have completed the World Kidney Cancer Q&A Day Quiz.
For the campaign report please click here: Download World Kidney Cancer Day campaign report
Thank you to everyone around the world who took part in 2018. We especially thank our affiliates, sponsors and partners for giving kidney cancer a global voice. With your commitment to awareness raising, supporting patient advocacy and research, we will continue our combined efforts to reduce the global burden of kidney cancer.
2017 World Kidney Cancer Q&A Day Campaign
For information on the very first World Kidney Cancer Day campaign click here: report of World Kidney Cancer Day 2017
Together we are working towards slowing the growth of this silent killer
Kidney cancer is a silent disease and one of the fastest growing cancers in the world. This steady rise in the incidence of kidney cancer is a global health risk, and the International Agency for Research on Cancer projects a 22% increase from 338,000 in 2012 to 413,000 cases annually by 2020. Explanations are incomplete, but experts point to risk factors such as aging, obesity, high blood pressure and smoking.
World Kidney Cancer Q&A Day is an initiative of the International Kidney Cancer Coalition and is held annually to raise global awareness of Kidney Cancer.